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Solving Common SQL Server Problems

 

Solving Common SQL Server Problems

Discover insights, techniques, and resources for troubleshooting performance, connectivity, and other types of problems commonly encountered in SQL Server environments.


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SQL Server Database Corruption–Part XI: Full Recovery Operations

In part 9 of this series on SQL Server database corruption I defined a list of key things to do when responding to database corruption. And in that list of options and operations was the mention that...

Training SQL Server Newbies to Avoid Basic Database Mistakes

SQL Server professionals still forget to put indexes on tables and still forget to test their backups. Do other professions do a better job of training newbies so that certain basic mistakes tend to...

SUSPECT vs. RECOVERY_PENDING

Question: I’ve been working through some disaster recovery scenario testing and sometimes I see databases marked SUSPECT and sometimes RECOVERY_PENDING. Why are there two different database states...


8 Useful (and Free) SQL Server Downloads

The best free SQL Server downloads to help you do your job....

SQL Server Log Files

SQL Server logs can make troubleshooting problems simpler—if you know where to look. Here are 5 SQL Server 2005 log files that might come in handy....

Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008

Database mirroring can be a great way to improve database availability because it’s fairly easy to deploy, administer, and maintain....


IAMs: Keeping Track of Space Used

Every SQL table and index has at least one Index Allocation Map (IAM). Learn more about IAMs and how much space is actually allocated to a SQL Server table....

'Backup Completed' is NOT an Error Message

I recommend that you set your SQL Server to use the startup traceflag DBCC TRACEON (3226) to disable backup success message......

8 Useful (and Free) SQL Server Downloads

The best free SQL Server downloads to help you do your job....


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